I ever read him. But I spotted his shrill, self-serving, phony conservative act clear back when he hoisted a pitchfork and torch, demanding the resignation of Trent Lott, “for the good of the party.” Oh, yeah, forcing Lott to step down sure insulated the Republican party from racism charges, didn’t it?

(Yes, I know, Lott needed to go–but, not because of what he said at Strom’s birthday.)

Then, his “pledge drives” that raked in multiples of ten times more than needed to cover “rising bandwidth costs.” Followed by another drive for the same reasons months later. Followed by a month-long vacation.
Crook.

We should not be kind in the condemnation of the DNC running-dog lackeys’ attacks on Sarah’s credibility: after all, It’s All They Have. It just sux to be a Democrat right now: no real ideas, no fathomable spirituality, and no safety nets under the platform. Surviving the media warthogs is the least of Mrs. Palins’ worries, I think, because the cattiness of the femi-nazi is just getting warmed up. Next, from the worst of them in The View, we’ll hear that her shoes don’t match her skirt (by the way, did you notice that at the GOP acceptance speech last night that a pantsuit was not present?) or, perhaps the media darlings will endlessly discuss the temerity her second youngest daughter displayed to kiss and play with her baby brother when she should have been listening to the speeches: but then, after all, It’s All They Have.
McCain/Palin ‘08
See You at the Polls!

I disagree 100%. Palin is a new figure on the national stage. The public deserves to know as much about her as possible, including her medical records. You have to admit, it was very odd of her to fly all the way back to Alaska from texas, considering the baby’s condition and her age. THere’s no harm in asking questions.

Sarah Palin must be read to be president on day 1. It’s legitimate to ask some questions about her background.

…read, pre-Michael Kelly, even. I hung on to my subscription after Michael Kelly died in Iraq, as there was always a great Rob’t Kaplan essay to make one by James Fallows go down a little easier.

Unfortunately the drift Fallows-ward continued, and I regretfully let the subsription lapse after almost 15 years. Now that Hysterical Andy has sublet the attic apartment, so to speak, no regrets.

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I subsribed briefly to The Atlantic, before Sully came on the scene. I gladly let it lapse, despite a couple of good articles now and then.

in that car wreck sort of way. He really is unhinged. It’s bizarre. He’s a one man Palin smear machine, all the while lamenting the “Rove” Republicans. He’s gonzo.

I’m sorry, I feel like there is some sort of mistake with one part of your article. You state:

As Jonathan Last blogs at the fantastic Galley Slaves: Sullivan demanded that he be able to inspect Palin’s amniotic fluid or Trig Palin’s placenta in order to determine the “hidden truth” about Palin’s pregnancy.

I don’t see in either of the linked articles the work “placenta” or “amniotic” in either of the linked articles in that sentence. How can they have reported that if they don’t use those words?

The links in the quote, in order:
http://galleyslaves.blogspot.com/2008/08/andrew-sullivan.html
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/08/vileandvilercolmesand_sull.asp

I could give a rats ass about Sullivan, he obviously seems really obsessed about a witch hunt based on his blog and all the links you have. But I’d like to see the backup for your claim of his demanding to see physical parts of Palin. As far as I can tell the most he demanded was a doctor/medical document.

If you were being over the top I totally missed it. But the point of links are to back up your argument and I don’t see the backup at the link.

If there was ever a medical reality that Andrew Sullivan is probably intimately familiar with it is this: over 73% of male homosexuals who are carriers of the AIDS virus for over a decade will develop dementia. This is the brutal truth everyone is afraid to mention. It’s obvious the guy has lost his mind.

And who can forget this sickening escapade: Sullivan’s HIV ads

Obama responds to every slight, wayward glance and thought that may or may not besmirch him. Sometimes, it takes him more than one response.

It should be expected, then, that all politicians are just as thin-skinned and lily-livered. Of course, that is not true, and quite the opposite.

Most folks that decide on a life of politics, learn along the way that it’s a full-contact sport. But, not Obama, he isn’t one for sports (ok, maybe a little basketball, for the camera’s).

In Andy’s small Obama-world, Obama can do no wrong, thus what he does must be right and everyone else should follow. Thus his outrage at Sarah Palinm, a woman who would dare to be strong, confident and who wears her nickname “Barracuda” as a badge of honor.

That explains his hatred for the GOP. Like Jann the evil man who controls Rolling Stone and US Weekly, he is part of the “vast conspiracy” that unlike Hillarys figment is real. He is part of an organized group of homosexuals who have decided to do anything in their power to fight the war they see before them as they seek to silence anyone who gives them less than everything they ask for, marriage, benefits etc. They seek not negative tolerance that says you do what you want and leave me alone, but positive tolerance that says it is okay for them to be gay. They will never get it.

There are two writers I respect the read weekly and that is Christopher Hitchens and Victor Davis Hanson. I was first introduced to Sullivan when I heard him debate Hitchens on Charlie Rose and later on Tim Russert’s show. Hithens positions were clear. Sullivan seemed at odds with the facts on many fronts about the Iraq war so as a reasoned writer I discarded him. Perhaps I was biased to Hitchens whom I consider to be one of our best American (he recently became a citizen) writers and debaters.

Hitchens was right about Reverend Wright and Iraq. Hitchens was right about Iraq even before McCain.

Here he support Reverend Wright basically saying that Wright was given a bad wrap:

Hitchens and Sullivan

Basically, Sullivan is passing a journalistic fart in a crowded room by writing this article. We should leave the room and let him sit in it for a while.

I suspect the article is crap as well as his positions on other issues he writes about.

Judge Sullivan two years after a position or article he write…and you will find him lacking.

John

if you made this many errors posting…how many errors are you making with that precious baby?

Sullivan’s shtick is EXTREMELY obvious. He’s the prototypical “Moby troll” writ large. He was doing it before that term was even invented, and all for self-promotion and personal moral vanity. Also, it needs to be pointed out, to turn an easy buck.

He pretends to BE a part of some group that he actually hates in order to conjure up the credibility to attack it and to be listened to when he’d otherwise be ignored.

Come on. Look at his “Catholicism.” He agitates for gay marriage, exaggerates every failing of the church and rejects any authority whatsoever of the pope.
He claims to be “conservative” but rejects ALL conservative values and cheerleads for the biggest socialist, left-wing politician to ever hit the stage.

May I make a suggestion?

It seems that about every five minutes, some conservative commentator puts up a post about how off-the-rails Andrew Sullivan is, how he’s no longer worth reading, how he’s gone off the deep end. Can’t he just be ignored?

I’m not going to tapdance around it, either, although it puts me near the same level as he (but in my case, there is a factual basis for the assertion). Sullivan has a disease that leads to dementia. Why the editors at The Atlantic let him continue to spew obviously psychotic and increasingly incoherent rants is beyond belief. He is a very sick man and his on-line display is a throwback to the most exploitative freak shows that once made the carnival circuit.

Sullivan always was a fraud and a two-bit street hustler. What has changed is the obvious madness you pointed out. It is unlike anything I have ever witnessed in a relatively sane publication.